CHIEF FIRE WARDEN. ; 



acres in Dalarne. About 60,000 acres have been acquired 

 within the last ten years. Of the entire area, not exceed- 

 ing 60,000 acres consist of naked tracts, fields, meadow, 

 also unproductive surface of moss, lake and rocky eleva- 

 tions; while at least about 375,000 acres consist of natu- 

 ral forest-bearing land. Hereof perhaps 15,000 to 18,- 

 ooo acres are pasture land. Pine comprises 70 per cent 

 of the forest, and spruce 30 per cent of all trees large 

 enough for the saw. The birch is the prevailing species 

 within the pasture, but among the birch conifers are gen- 

 erally found. 



The Uddeholm Company's lands lie on both sides of 

 the Klar river along its middle course. The parish of Ra- 

 men, in Vermland, and the boundary of Dalarne termin- 

 ate the extent of the property on the east and the two 

 judicial districts of Fryksdal on the west. About 375,- 

 ooo acres lie in one body. Only a very little public for- 

 est and some belonging to farmers are included therein 

 here and there. The rocky elevations consist of primary 

 rocks, principally granite and gneiss, with interspersed 

 hills of hyperite. West of the Klar river red iron gneiss 

 is almost the prevailing rock, but east of the same river 

 granite prevails, in large part solid, not crystalline, but 

 there are large tracts of primary granite poor in feldspar. 

 On granite, pine prevails to the extent of 75 to 80 per 

 cent, while on gneiss spruce occupies at least 40 per cent 

 of the surface. On the ' 'hyperite' ' hills spruce of large 

 growth prevails. The soil in the forest is composed 

 partly of the disintegrated rock such as above mentioned 

 and partly of deposits of older or later water courses. 

 Much of the soil is gravelly; much also is sandy. The 

 Klar river within the region of the Uddeholm forest is 

 400 feet above the sea, and on the east and west sides 

 rise very steep hills which at a distance, generally of a 

 thousand yards, attain a height of from 1,000 to 1,500 



